The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 62National Geographic Society, 1932 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 85
... eggs on a bed of leaves , without other pretense of a nest than the slight hollow sufficient to hold them . The site chosen is secluded and little disturbed and ordi- narily is heavily shaded by bushes . The eggs number two , in the ...
... eggs on a bed of leaves , without other pretense of a nest than the slight hollow sufficient to hold them . The site chosen is secluded and little disturbed and ordi- narily is heavily shaded by bushes . The eggs number two , in the ...
Page 247
... eggs is almost inconceivable ; for , in the first place , they must have run a considerable risk of being seen as they crossed the water to reach the island , and to do so in darkness would have been well - nigh impossible ; then barbed ...
... eggs is almost inconceivable ; for , in the first place , they must have run a considerable risk of being seen as they crossed the water to reach the island , and to do so in darkness would have been well - nigh impossible ; then barbed ...
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... eggs of marsh birds the first two weeks of the nesting The principal victims were the black - headed gull and clapper rail , usually called marsh hen , the well - concealed nest of which is often located by the use of trained dogs ...
... eggs of marsh birds the first two weeks of the nesting The principal victims were the black - headed gull and clapper rail , usually called marsh hen , the well - concealed nest of which is often located by the use of trained dogs ...
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Alert Energetic and Resourceful Its British Pluck and Skill in Arts | 131 |
Romantic History of Cramped Medieval City Vies With | 219 |
Shark Fishing An Australian Industry By Norman Ellison__ | 358 |
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